EMAIL: B.Lailler@unimedia.fr
NAME: Bruno Lailler
TOPIC: Laboratory
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Glassware
COUNTRY: France
WEBPAGE: Not yet
RENDERER USED: POVRay 3.1g
TOOLS USED: Paint Shop Pro 4.12 for image maps
            Photoshop 5.5 for jpeg transformation & optimization
RENDER TIME: 1h 23min
HARDWARE USED: Celeron 333

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
Some glassware from laboratory furnitures.
The composition is not figurative but I was pleased 
by the lighting and I'll want to show glass and refractions
because it's the first thing that I thought about the topic 
and we can find these objects in most laboratories !

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
All objects are made with CSG. The Erlenmeyer flask (the 
triangular one) was the most difficult. I used 3 times the 
same object but with 3 differents scales (smaller and smaller) 
and overlapped in themselves. The 3rd one is black and it's 
the content of the flask (petrol ?). 
The gradations over the glass are made with image maps (white 
on black background) and the black color is transparent.
For the glass material, I have used the caustics keyword 
for intensives caustics that I found more realistic.
The horizontal plane is highly reflective and have concentrics 
waves for the beauty of the reflections. The center of the 
waves is just below the neck of the Erlenmeyer because a 
drop was fallen from it.
The vertical plane in the background is here for the lighting.
I have used a second light (blue) for an interesting ambient 
atmosphere.